Arizona governor signs immigration bill

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Originally Posted by PiKA2001

I've read the law Waxoff but have you? According to AZ a legit drivers license will do http://www.arizonaguide.com/arizona-...n-requirements

Actually : 1. A valid Arizona driver license.
2. A valid tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification.
3. A valid Arizona non-operating identification license.
4. Any valid United States federal, state or local government issued identification, provided the entity requires proof of legal presence in the United States before issuance*.

Not all states check immigration status when providing drivers licenses or ID cards. There are assorted reasons for this. And technically, legal citizens cannot be required to produce carry proof of citizenship *loophole the size of Texas*

As for your point 2, residents can sue local governments/entities that refuse to follow the new law, but the monies collected from those lawsuits go straight to the AZ Dept of public safety, so I don't exactly see how that phukkkks the state.

Lawyers cost money.

Point 3- yes profiling is illegal, and the bill addresses that no one can be questioned based solely on race, and probable cause is needed for any arrest to be made. Unless it's proven otherwise, I'm going to give the AZ public safety officers the benefit of the doubt that they will not racially profile.

Except it's been shown that police officers racially profile during traffic stops and in other situations. The best line the lawmakers have come up with on how they'll know without profiling is "well.. by how they dress." Which is silliness.

You've yet to hit the one aspect of the law that I find unnecessary and to be honest, kind of heartless.

Your opinion of course. I agree with the police departments that said this will limit their ability to fight other crime because people will not come forward to talk to them. Police sometimes ignore that they're getting information from a prostitute to solve or investigate another crime. They won't be 'allowed' to ignore a suspected illegal immigrant.

I think the police in those areas will end up arguing that they have no idea what an illegal immigrant looks like.

I will also be "amused" the first time they arrest a Puerto Rican (because I think it will happen) and they get sued for violating a citizen's rights.